Training History
2009-2011: Began lifting junior year of high school for football and track. Our school trainer was real big into crossfit at the time and our workouts reflected that- we would do 2-3 crossfit-esque workouts a week with 2-3 strength focused workouts a week.
2011-2016: earned a scholarship to compete in track for the throws. Started undergrad at ~265# bodyweight, my coach had me lose body weight over my redshirt year and dropped to a low of ~210. Then throughout the rest of my career I would be between 220-240#. Ended up earning a couple first team all-american awards at the division 2 level which was pretty cool.
Notable lifts at this time were:
-Back Squat: 495x1 (still my lifetime best...)
-TnG Bench Press: 300x1 (still my lifetime best...)
-Deadlift: 550x1 (hey! something I am better at now!)
-Hang Power Clean: 355x1
-Power Snatch: 255x1
-Jerk: 330x1
-Front Squat: 405x1
I tore my right pec pretty bad in 2015 throwing discus, and had burning pain whenever I tried to do any sort of bench pressing until the past year or so which has definitely limited any sort of progress there.
2016-2018: A bunch of 5/3/1 variants up until February of 2017, then did crossfit from then until 2018. Dropped bodyweight to a low of 192 during this time.
2018-2019: A lot of program hopping/screwing around to put it bluntly. Despite not really following a specific "goal", I do think I have managed to gain some decent lean mass, though it was definitely not efficient lol. I intended to compete in some sort of strength sport in 2019, but my plans fell through.
2020 Goals: COVID happened, didnt really hit any of them
2021 Goals:
-Arbitrary lifting numbers: squat >500, bench >300, deadlift >600. Squat and deadlift would be lifetime bests, bench would be getting back to my best ever.
-Stick with a plan
Current Lifetime Bests:
Back Squat: 495 (2015)
1ct Pause Bench: ??? (Will test at end of current cycle)
TnG Bench Press: 300x1 (2015)
Deadlift: 585 (May 2021)
Press: 175 (2021)
